Necktie



G.- F. PINSUTI Feb. 12, 1935.

NECKTIE Filed Sept. 21, 1931 0 09 0000 00000000000 n0n0n0u0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 vums0 0 0 0 0 0 4 406 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0M0 .00 000000 000000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0n0wv 0 :wvviu INVENTOR 20 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 b 0i lb 0 0 0 bQD D Q O O OOV 30% 0 00 00 0000000000 0 0 00000000000030? n 144 10000000.! 4 01 00 0 .5210100 0 000000000 4 .40000000000000 0 0000000000 0 00 Z %vvvv% vvvv n 00000 0 000 0 0 0 0 n 1 a m 0 ATTO Patented Feb. 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE Giuseppe F. Pinsuti, New York, N. Y. Application September 21,1931, Serial No. 564,125

13 Claims.

This invention relates to neckties andmore particularly to that type of neckties commonly tured at reasonable cost and which will mainlized in the production of neckties of similar'size,

and so that said material may beformed and shaped into a necktie by the use of only a minimum amount of labor. a

A further detailed object is to so design the necktie that its several portions will be free to stretch and to give and to move with respect to each other without permanentdistortion or injury throughoutthe period,of a fairly long life.

A further'detailed object is to provide against breakage of the holding stitches 'of'the folded portions of the necktie such as is likely to occur whenever the necktie is being pulled and stretched incident to the putting on and the taking-off of the necktie by a user.

A further object is to avoid tendency of the liningportions of the necktie becoming. wrinkled due to uneven degrees of elasticity and of stretching of the lining portions with respect to the outer portions of the necktie when the necktie is being pulled, as in use.

A further object is to so form the necktie that at least the knot-forming-portion thereof, throughout its extent, shall consist of an even number of thicknesses of material, that is it shall include no localized'areas of excessive thickness, such as overlapping seams, orsuch as lining parts having margins spaced inside away from the inside margins of the finished necktie.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific than those referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed out in the course of the following. description of the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts and applications of principles constituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplated will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing which is to be taken as a part of this specification, and in which I have'shown merely a preferred form of embodiment of the invention:-

' shown in Figs..1 to 4, the reference character L Fig. 1 is a plan view showing the blank employed in the production of a necktie in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear or back view of a completed necktie formed from the blank illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view substantially upon the plane of line III-,-III of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a similar sectional view substantially. upon the plane of line IV-IV of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail view corresponding with a portion of Fig. 2 but illustrating. amodified form of stitching employed for holdingtogether the folded portions of the necktie. Fig. 6 is a similar fragmentary detail view illustrating a further modified form of stitching for the folded portions of the necktie.

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but illustrating a modified form of the blank, and

Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic view corresponding with a central portion of Fig. 2 and illustrating the manner in which the joint stitching slides to permit movement of the oppositeback folds or halves of the necktie.

In the use of this four-in-hand type of necktie difliculty has heretofore been experienced in that the knot-forming-portion of the necktie has usually contained a liner member stitched in position and usually of a different degree of elasticity as compared with the portion of the necktie to which it is stitched. Due to the differences in elasticity the stitches employed for holding the liner are subjected to considerable strainswhen the necktie is being pulled to form the knot, and they often break under this strain'and as a result the necktie soon becomes stringy and out of shape.

The present improvements are designed, among other things, to overcome this dlfliculty. 40

Referring to the drawing for describing in detail theexemplary structure illustrated therein as an embodiment of the present invention, and referring first particularly to the construction as indicates generally what may be referred to herein as the .knot-forming-portion of the necktie, while the reference characters G and H indicate. respectively the front and rear end portions.

The knot-forming-portion L, in the blank as shown in Fig. 1, is shaped to include oppositely 1 disposed side extensions 1 and 2, projecting from the main longitudinal body of the necktie and, in this embodiment, two separately formed liner members as 3 and 4 are sewed or otherwise firmly connected by their ends with the front and rear ends of the extension 2, the front liner member 3 extending from the front end of the extension 2 downwardly to-or near the extreme front or lower end of the necktie, while, the rear liner member 4 extends from the rear end of extension 2 upthe necktie contains no lining whatever except that which is produced by folding in the extensions 1 and 2 themselves, and these extensions are preferably,though not' necessarily, integral parts of the same material as the main body of the necktie and therefore have the same degree of elasticity as has the parts of the material which fold about them.

After the blank has been made up as illustrated in Fig. 1 it is then folded along the several fold lines indicated 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, and; in order to facilitate a clear description of the folding operation, the sections of the necktie demarked by the several fold lines are indicated by reference characters 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, it being noted that the sections 10, 14 and 15 constitute the extensions 1 and 2 and are limited in length to the length of the knot-forming portion L of the necktie while the sections 11, 12 and 13 extend beyond the knot-forming portion and into the front and rear portions G and H, and it'being noted further that the lining members 3 and 4 are connected with the opposite end portions of the section 15 only.

The precise order to be followed in the folding of the sections 10-15 is not essential, but as an example it is here suggested that the section 10, constituting the whole of extension 1, may be first folded over along the fold line-7 so as to overlie the setion l1 and place its outer marginal edge as 16 substantially parallel with and at the fold line 5. Then the sections Hand 15, constituting the whole of the section 2, may be folded over along the fold line 8 so as to overlie the sections 12 and 13 and place the outer marginal edge 17 of the section 15 substantially parallel with and at the fold line 5 and hence in close proximity with the edge 16 of previously folded section 10. Then the sections 10 and 11, considered as one, may be folded over along the fold line 5 so as to overlie the left hand half of the section 12 and place the fold line '7, now constituting an edge, as indicated in Fig. 3, substantially parallel with and at the longitudinal center line, indicated 18, of the finished necktie. Then the sections 13 and 14, considered as one, may be folded over along the fold line 6 so as to overlie the right hand half of the section 12 and place the fold line 8,

now constituting an edge, as indicated in Fig. 3,

substantially parallel with and at the longitudinal center line indicated 18, of the finish-necktie, that is so'that the fold lines, now edges, '7 and 8, abut against each other at the center line 18. It is particularly tobe noted that the edges 7 and 8 are placed in an abutting, and not an overlapping, relationship.

It is readily apparent that when the parts are thus folded the liner members 3 and 4 are automatically placed in their correct relative positions, as indicated in the sectional view Fig. 4, the liner member 3 overlying the portion of the section 12 which extends into and forms a part of the fronttends into and forms a part H of the necktie.

when the material is folded along the fold lines 5 and 6 as above described the portions of the sections 11 and 13 which extend longitudinally of the necktie into and form parts of the front and rear portions G and H will of course be folded over the adjacent portions of the section 12, and the marginal edge parts as 19 and 20 of said portions of the sections 11 and 13 being removed from the knot-forming portion of the necktie, may if desired be conveniently lapped and stitched together by stitches as 21 as indicated in the sectional view Fig. 4.

The presence of the lining members 3 and 4 hanging relatively loosely in the portions G. and H of the necktie render it unnecessary to extend the sections 10, 14 and 15 as lining means to give body and form to the portions G and H of the necktie.

of the rear portion In the knot-forming portion L of the finished necktie, as shown particularly in the sectional view Fig. 3, the'sections 12 and 15 are of substantially equal area, and the section 15 overlies the full extent of the section 12 from end to end and side to side of said section 12, thus forming two complete thicknesses of continuous unseamed material throughout the knot-forming portion of the necktie. Also the sections 10 and 11 are of substantially identical dimensions, and the same is true of the sections 13 and 14, and when said sections 10- -11, and 13l4, are folded over they collectively provide two additional thicknesses of material throughout the knot-forming portion of the necktie, and with the sections 12 and 15 make a total of four thicknesses of material lying smoothly one upon the other throughout the area of the knot-forming portion of the necktie, no portion of said area being of greater than four thicknesses,, and no portion being of less than four thicknesses.

Where the extensions 1 and 2 are made up as integral parts of the same material as the main body 'of the necktie, and all are cut on the bias, as is customary and preferable, all four of the thicknesses of the knot-forming portion are of course formed of this same material and are hence each of equal strength and elasticity with respect to the others.

The meeting edges 7 and 8 of the folded over sections 10-11 and 13-14 form a butt joint as indicated 22 and while these butt joint edges may be connected together in any approved manner it is herein proposed that a special form of In the iilustrajoint as at 24, thence across the joint'as at 25,

and down the opposite side as at 26 foran appreciable distance, preferably an inch or more, thence back again acrossthe j'oint as at 27 and down the first side as at 28 for a like distance, back again across the joint as at 29 and down the second side as at 30 for a like distance, this form of stitch continuing down one side, across and down the other, across and down the first, etc., to the end of the area desired to be held thereby.

It 'will be understood of course that the straightaway portions as 262830 may be run along the under-side of the Joint forming material so as to be invisible, and that the cross, binder, or tack portions as 25, 27 and 29 may bridge, directly between the abutting Joint forming surfaces and be likewise invisible or substantially so under normal conditions.

This-form of joint and holding stitch therefor has marked advantages among which may be mentioned primarily that while it serves to hold the adjacent opposite parts or halves of the necktie against objectionable separation from each other, yet it permits of ample free movement of the two halves with respect to each other to enable said halves to assume normal positions, ,that is they avoid tendency of the material to become drawn or wrinkled or strained at any particular location or in any particular direction not only during the manufacture of the necktie but also during the use of the necktie. Also this form of stitching enables the two halves joined thereby to be easily drawn apart in any desired locality for inspection of the interior folded parts of the material 'or for smoothing down or ironing said interior parts. This form of stitching has the advantage of permitting the thread'used to slide easily so that if it is desired to lengthen any of the binder, or tack, portions 25, 2'7, 29, inv order to move one half of the necktie with respect to the other or to permit spreading apart of the halves in any particular locality, such lengthening is easily accommodated and pro-.

' vided for by sliding of the adjacent portions 26,

28, 30 lengthwise of the necktie, parts of the thread from the portions 26, 2,8 or 30 readily sliding out into the portions 25, 27, 29, and as readily sliding back again when the-halves re turn to their normal positions.

This movement of the opposite-sides, of the necktie is graphically illustrated in Fig. 8 wherein it will .be seen that the binder portion as 29' 9f the thread has been drawn out and made longer. by the manual separation of the two halves of the necktie.

Fig. 5 illustrates a modified form of the stitching above described, in this instance the thread, instead of making only a single binder portion at intervals along the length of the butt joint, makes two binder portions, as indicated 40 and 31. To this end the thread runs down one side of the joint, across to the opposite side to form the portion 40, back again to thefirst side to form the portion 31, down the first side as at 32 for an appreciable distance as before, across to the second side and back again to the first side as at 33, and so on, all of the down stitching in this instance being at one side of .the joint.

This form of stitching possesses the sameadvantages as that first described but is a trifie more substantial in character since it affords a slightly less flexible grip between the two opposite halves of the joint.

Fig. 6 illustrates a further modified form of the stitching above described. In this instance the thread also makes two binder portions as indicated 34 and 35, but here these binder portions are crossed over each other. To this end thethread runs down one side of the joint, diagonally across to the opposite side to form the portion 34, down a slight distance at the opposite side of the joint as at 36 and then back again to the first side to form the portion 35, the portion 35 being diagonally opposite to the portion 34 so as to cross said portion 34 directly at the joint 22. The thread is then run down the first side as at 37 for an appreciable distance as in the other views, diagonally across to the second side, along the second'side and back again to the first. side, and thence downwardly along the first side, and so on, all of the-down stitching in thisinstance being again at one side of the joint.

The modification-illustrated mm. 7 is, the same as hereinabove described in all particulars except that the liner members 3 and 4 are omitted and the sections 10, 14 and instead of being limited precisely to the knot-formingportion of the necktie as in-Fig. l continue into the Iron portion G and preferably at least a part of the rear portion H. In this manner the material forming the lower parts of the sections 10, 14 and 15, when folded along the various fold lines as described with respect to Fig. 1 constitute relatively inner elements serving as lining within the portions of the necktie outside of the knot-form ing portion.

A separately formed strip of lining material as indicated by the reference character 38 may be introduced into the rear portion H of the necktie, but this can be readily dispensed with if desired.

It will be understood that the butt joint here- 7 inabove' described, and the stitching suggested for joining together the'oppo'site halves or sides thereof may extend throughout the entire length of the necktie if desired rather than being c'onfined to the'knot-forming portion of the tieand this is particularly true when the tie is made up in accordance with the modification Fig. 7.

The section 12 in the finished necktie is of course that portion of the necktie which is most in evidence in the finished article and it is important that this section which will be hereinaftertermed the face section, shall be kept as smooth and unmarred and unwrinkled as possible at all times, not onlyduring the manufacture of the necktie but also during the life use of the necktie,

and it will be noted that in the construction and of said section 12, in such manner that they would a form markings or glossy streaks on the outer surface of the face. section 12 when the necktie is being pressed or being used.

The sections 10, 14 and 15 constitute a double thickness of material folded within or between the face section 12 and the back sections 11 and I3 and therefore constitute a double inlaid fold of material of the same kind as the frontand back sections, thus dispensing with all necessity for separate lining'parts.

At-one edge of the necktie the two folds 14 and 15 are directly connected together, along'the fold line 9 while at the opposite edge of the necktie the two folds 10' and -15 are disconnected. Their marginal edges are close together along the fold line 5 but are free to move with respect to each other. Y a

- The fold or section 15 extends or bridges acros the butt joint 22 within the necktie structure and thereby reinforces said joint.

Obviously the form illustrated in Fig. 1 may if desired beused without the presence of the liner members 3 and 4. I

As many changes could be made in this conit is intended that all matter contained in the drawing, shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

1. A necktie having front and rear end portions and an intermediate knot-forming portio and lining members connected at opposite ends of the knot-forming portion and extending loosely into said front and rear end portions, said knot-forming portion being free of said lining members.

' 2. A necktie having front and rear end portions and an intermediate knot-forming portion, lining members connected at opposite ends of the knotforming portion and extending loosely into said front and rear end portions, said knot-forming portion being free of said lining members, and said knot-forming portion comprising a plurality of folded sections of the material of the necktie.

3. A necktie having front and rear end portions and an intermediate knot-forming portion, said knot-forming portion including a double inner folded part of the material of the necktie, a lining member fixed by one end to the inner folded part of the knot-forming portion and extending loosely within one of said end portions.

4. A necktie comprising a longitudinal body member having a side section extending laterally therefrom and constituting therewith a relatively wide knot-forming portion, said relatively wide knot-forming pbrtion being folded to provide a pair of adjacent folds extending lengthwise of the necktie, the material of one of said folds having a portion wider than the corresponding portion of the material of the other fold, and said wider portion extending across both of said folds where they meet and terminating in a free edge.

5. -A necktie comprising a longitudinal body member having a side section extending laterally therefrom and "constituting therewith a relative! ly wide knot-forming portion, said relatively wide knot-formingportion being folded to provide a pair of adjacent folds extending lengthwise of the necktie and held together by tacks of stitching spaced apart, the material of one of said folds having a portion wider than the corresponding portion of the material of the other fold, and said wider portion extending across both of said folds where they meet and terminating in a free edge.

6. A necktie comprising a longitudinal body member having a side section extending laterally therefrom and made in a single piece therewith, the knot-forming portion of the necktie including saidside section and having a pair of adjacent folds and also having a portion of inner folding, said portion of inner folding extending across the pair of adjacent folds and terminating in a free edge co-inciding with one edge of-the body member and said portion of inner folding together with parts of said adjacent folds providing a double uniform thickness of liner extending across the body member. a

"I. A necktie having front and rear end portions and an intermediate knot-forming portion, and a pair of separate liner members formed of material different from the material of the main portion of the necktie and extending longitudi- ,nallywithin the end portions respectively having their adjacent ends terminating atthe adjacent ends of ,the knot-forming portion and being attached thereto, the knot-forming portion of the necktie being free of said lining members.

and an intermediate knot-forming portion, said necktie having a face section extending throughout the length thereof, a pair of back sections folded over from the opposite longitudinal margins of said face section and meeting at the longitudinal median line of the necktie, said back sections where they meet each being turned under itself and thereby providing a fold line where it meets the other back section, the fold lines of the two back sections abutting together, and a connecting thread extending along said back sections said thread having relatively long portions of its length extending longitudinally along in connection with the two back sections alternately at said fold lines and having intermediate relatively short portions of its length bridging abruptly between the back sections so as to connect said back sections, and said thread being freely longitudinally slidable through the material of said back sections at all localities, whereby to yieldably hold said back sections with their fold lines abutting without overlapping and to permit easy movement of the abutting portions of the back sections with respect to each other both longitudinally and transversely of the necktie at all points in the length of said thread.

9. A necktie having front and rear end portions and an intermediate knot-forming portion, said necktie having a face section extending throughout the length thereof, a pair of back sections folded over from the opposite longitudinal margins of said face section and abutting together at the longitudinal median line of the necktie, one of said back sections being folded inwardly at the butt joint and lapping upon itself so that its longitudinal marginal edge lies at the adjacent marginal edge of the face section, and

the other of said back sections being also folded said necktie having a face section extending throughout the length thereof, a pair of back sections folded over from the opposite longitudinal margins of said face section and abutting together at the longitudinal median line of the necktie, one of said back sections being folded inwardly at the butt joint and lapping upon itself so that its longitudinal marginal edge lies at the adjacent marginal edge of the face section, and the other of said back sections being also folded inwardly at the butt joint and lapping upon itself to the adjacent longitudinal marginal edge of the face section and thence lapping again upon itself and continuing entirely across the width of the face section and across said butt joint to the opposite longitudinal edge of said face section so that its longitudinal marginal edgelies in close juxtaposed position with the longitudinal marginal edge of the first back section, said juxtaposed marginal edges being thus disposed in lapping relation at the longitudinal edge of the face section and being disconnected so that they are free to move with respect to each other.

11. A necktie having front. and rear end portions and an intermediate knot-forming portion,

said necktie having a face section extending throughout the length thereof, a pair of back sections folded over from the opposite longitudinal margins of said face section each being in turn folded inwardly upon itself thereby providing a fold line in the sections respectively, said fold lines constituting edges for said back sections and being disposed to meet at the back of the necktie, and the inwardly folded portions of said back sections collectively providing just two thicknesses of material interiorly of the necktie structure and both co-extensivewith the face section throughout at least the knot-forming portion of the necktie, one of said thicknesses being formed partly by each of said inwardly folded portions and the other being formed wholly from only one of said inwardly folded portions.

12. A necktie having front and rear end portions and an intermediate knot-forming portion, said necktie having a face section and a pair of back sections folded over from the opposite 1ongitudinal margins of said face section and being connected together by a. butt seam extending along the back of the necktie, and said back sections each being folded inwardly at the seam. andbeing lapped back upon itself as a linin part interiorly ofthe necktie continuing from the seam to the adjacent edge of the face section, said lining parts each terminating in a free edge at one and the same edge of the face section.

13. A necktie havingfront and rear end portions and an intermediate knot-forming portion said necktie having a face section extending throughout the length thereof, a pair of back sections folded over from the opposite longitudinal margins of said face section and meeting at the back of the necktie, one of said back sections being folded inwardly and lapping upon itself so that its longitudinal marginal edge lies at the adjacent marginal edge of the face section, and the other of said back sections being also folded inwardly and lapping back upon itself to the adjacent longitudinal marginal edge of the face section and then lapping again upon itself and continuing entirely across the width of the face section and across the joint where said back sections meet and to the opposite longitudinal edge of said face section so that its longitudinal marginal edge lies in close juxtaposition with the longitudinal marginal edge of the flrst back' section.

- GIUSEPPE F. PINBUTI. 

